spencercritchley.com Archives: July 2007
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18 July 2007
Enough of this creepy “Homeland” stuff: America is an idea
(Cross-posted at dailykos.com.) In 2008, let’s take back our language, too. As far as I can tell, the first time the USA was widely referred to as the “Homeland” was when the Bush Administration created the Department of Homeland Security. I thought it sounded creepy then, and, what with events since, it sounds even creepier [...]
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3 July 2007
Thanks to Bush, we now have Outrage Spam
(Cross-posted at dailykos.com.) I’m sure it happens to you, too: the latest outrage from the Bush administration hits the news — Cheneygate, Gonzalesgate, Torturegate, etc etc etc gate – and your fingers start itching to fire off an outraged email, phone call, blog post or whatever. But just as you’re framing the phrases, here comes [...]